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Hurry! Comment Deadline On Proposed USFWS Rule Changes Is May 7

(posted May 04, 2012)

Hunters, trophy import brokers and anyone else in the international hunting industry have only days to file comments on a new proposal by the US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) that will impose more onerous procedures for shipping agents to get replacement CITES and import documents that are lost, damaged or destroyed during shipment.

We first told you about these proposals in a March 20 Email Extra Bulletin when the original deadline was April 9. That deadline was extended to May 7. We urge all international hunters, conservation groups, brokers, safari operators and overseas hunting organizations representing the industry to weigh in with comments before next Monday. If USFWS succeeds in passing the new regulations mentioned above, it will become even more difficult to import CITES trophies. Seizures will increase. More hunters will lose their valuable trophies through no fault of their own.

If you would like some guidance on what to say, you can also read the comments that Jackson has filed on behalf of Conservation Force, Dallas Safari Club, Dallas Ecological Foundation, Houston Safari Club, African Safari Club of Florida, the International Professional Hunters Association (IPHA), Professional Hunters Association of South Africa (PHASA), National Taxidermists Association, Louisiana Chapter of Safari Club International, Alabama Chapter of Safari Club International, International Foundation for the Conservation of Wildlife (IGF), the International Counsel of Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC), Wild Sheep Foundation and Grand Slam/OVIS. - Barbara Crown, Editor

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